Alexandre Ribeiro

Alexandre Ribeiro
File:Xande Ribeiro at 2008 Mundials.jpg
Born	(1981-01-20) January 20, 1981 Manaus, Brazil
Other names	Xande
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	204.1 lb (92.6 kg; 14.58 st)
Division	205
Fighting out of	Austin, Texas, U.S.
Team	Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
Rank	6th deg. BJJ black belt Judo black belt
Years active	1997–2022
Mixed martial arts record
Total	2
Wins	2
By knockout	2
Losses	0
Other information
Website	https://sixbladesjiujitsu.com/
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record Representing Brazil Submission Grappling ADCC World Championship Bronze medal – third place 2005 California, USA −99 kg Gold medal – first place 2007 New Jersey, USA −99 kg Gold medal – first place 2009 Barcelona, Spain −99 kg Silver medal – second place 2009 Barcelona, Spain Absolute Bronze medal – third place 2011 Nottingham, UK −99 kg Bronze medal – third place 2011 Nottingham, UK Absolute Bronze medal – third place 2017 Espoo, Finland −88 kg Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Jiu-Jitsu Championship Bronze medal – third place 2002 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Absolute Gold medal – first place 2004 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil −94 kg Bronze medal – third place 2004 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Absolute Silver medal – second place 2005 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil −100 kg Gold medal – first place 2006 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil −94 kg Gold medal – first place 2006 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Absolute Gold medal – first place 2007 California, USA −94 kg Bronze medal – third place 2007 California, USA Absolute Gold medal – first place 2008 California, USA −94 kg Gold medal – first place 2008 California, USA Absolute Silver medal – second place 2010 California, USA −94 kg Bronze medal – third place 2010 California, USA Absolute Silver medal – second place 2012 California, USA −94 kg Bronze medal – third place 2013 California, USA −94 kg Gold medal – first place 2015 California, USA −94 kg World No-GI Championship Gold medal – first place 2012 California, USA −97.5kg Gold medal – first place 2012 California, USA Absolute Pan-American Championship Gold medal – first place 2006 California, USA -100.5 kg Silver medal – second place 2006 California, USA Absolute Gold medal – first place 2005 California, USA -100.5 kg Silver medal – second place 2005 California, USA Absolute Gold medal – first place 2002 California, USA -94.3 kg Bronze medal – third place 2002 California, USA Absolute Bronze medal – third place 2001 California, USA -94.3 kg Gold medal – first place 2001 California, USA Absolute

Alexandre "Xande" Ribeiro (born January 20, 1981) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, mixed martial artist and submission wrestler. He is a two-time World Black Belt Absolute (open weight) World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, five-time World Black Belt Heavy Weight Champion, and three-time World Black Belt Pro Division Champion.

Biography

Alexandre Ribeiro was born in Manaus, Amazonas Brazil. He began training Jiu-Jitsu at the Associacao Monteiro de Jiu-Jitsu under the supervision of Binho, Guto, Yano e Lucinho Monteiro. He moved to the US in 2002 and lived in Toledo, Ohio, for five years, after which in 2007 he moved to San Diego, California, where he founded the University of Jiu-Jitsu and was the brand ambassador of Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu.

Ribeiro lives in Austin, TX, where he teaches at his School Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu Austin and coordinate his team and affiliation schools under the Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu Team.

After a long time away from competition, Ribeiro decided to make a return in 2020 and competed in several superfights. This culminated in an attempt to After competing at the IBJJF World Championships in 2022, he announced his intention to retire permanently from IBJJF competition. After one final competition at the 2022 ADCC world championships, Ribeiro announced that he would also be retiring from competition. After spending over two years in retirement, Ribeiro announced that he would return to competition at the IBJJF European Championship 2025.

Ribeiro's brother Saulo Ribeiro is also a Jiu-jitsu and submission wrestling champion. They have both won multiple ADCC and together, they hold the most titles in World Brazilian jiu-jitsu Championships. In December 2023, it was announced that Ribeiro would be the first member of the 2024 class of the ADCC Hall of Fame.

Return

Ribeiro then faced Richie Martinez at Who’s Number One 27 on April 18, 2025. He won the match by submission.

Ribeiro then faced Kit Dale in the co-main event of Who’s Number One 28 on June 13, 2025. He lost the match by decision.

Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu

in 2020, Ribeiro announced leaving Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu which he co-founded with his brother, starting his own jiu-jitsu academy and team based in Austin, Texas called “Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu", with a number of schools across the US and Brazil joining as affiliates. In 2023, Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu was ranked No.8 for male athletes at the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown

2 matches	2 wins	0 losses
By knockout	2	0

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	2–0	Keiichiro Yamamiya	KO (punch)	World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 8	May 2, 2009	3	0:51	Tokyo, Japan
Win	1–0	Takashi Sugiura	TKO (knees and punches)	World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 5	September 28, 2008	3	4:18	Tokyo, Japan

See also

• List of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners

External links

• Professional MMA record for Alexandre Ribeiro from Sherdog
• Official Site of Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu Association
• Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
• Saulo & Xande Ribeiro's University of Jiu Jitsu
• Official Site of Xande Ribeiro
• Alexandre Ribeiro "Xande" Facts Bio